[Form 4] Alphatec Holdings, Inc. Insider Trading Activity
David Sponsel, Executive Vice President, Sales of Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (ATEC), reported planned sales of common stock under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted June 12, 2025. The Form 4 shows sales on September 18, 2025 of 137,445 shares at an average price of $15.09 and on September 19, 2025 of 2,555 shares at a weighted average price of $15.34, leaving the reporting person with 531,861 shares beneficially owned after the transactions. The Form 4 was executed by an attorney-in-fact on the reporting dates and discloses that the September 19 price is a weighted average for multiple trades.
- Transactions were executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, indicating preplanned, compliant insider sales.
- Filing discloses weighted-average pricing and offers to provide trade-level details upon request, supporting transparency.
- Reporting person sold a total of 140,000 shares (137,445 on 09/18/2025 and 2,555 on 09/19/2025), reducing holdings to 531,861 shares.
- Sales represent realized insider liquidity, which could be perceived negatively by some investors despite being preplanned.
Insights
TL;DR: Insider executed preplanned sales totaling 140,000 shares under a 10b5-1 plan; impact appears neutral absent other company events.
The reported transactions are sales, not purchases, and were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted June 12, 2025, which limits contemporaneous informational inference. Total reported shares sold equal 140,000, at average prices of approximately $15.09 and $15.34. Post-transaction beneficial ownership is reported as 531,861 shares. For investors, these planned disposals are routine insider liquidity events and do not, by themselves, signal a change in company fundamentals.
TL;DR: Use of a documented 10b5-1 plan indicates procedural compliance; documentation reduces concern about opportunistic timing.
The filing explicitly marks the transactions as pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan and provides an explanatory footnote with price ranges for the weighted-average sale. The Form 4 is properly signed by an attorney-in-fact. From a governance standpoint, reliance on a pre-established trading plan and disclosure of weighted-average pricing enhance transparency around insider sales, though the filing does not address management intent or ongoing shareholding policy.